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Category Archives: Advocacy
Seattle’s Scooter and Bike Rentals Program Needs Fixing
From Feet First (thanks to Mary M.) At Feet First we have watched with growing concern as “micromobility” scooters have proliferated on Seattle’s streets. And, more importantly from a pedestrian point of view, on our sidewalks. Shared scooters and bikes … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Is an Opportunity for a National Reset
Abraham Lincoln wanted a “rebuke … to the very harbingers of reappearing tyranny and oppression.” Sarah Josepha Hale’s suggestion for a national day of Thanksgiving provided a solution. By Bret Stephens Opinion Columnist in the NYT Though the Thanksgiving story is … Continue reading
The Real Deal: Katie Wilson, Seattle’s socialist answer to the affordability crisis
Will Seattle Big Business play nice with our new mayor? This story was originally published by The Real Deal on Nov. 19, 2025 by the Downtown Seattle Association (thanks to Dan S.) Like Mamdani in New York City, political novice ran against … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Government, Homeless, Housing, Politics
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Pistachio Ice Cream
Ed note: This article in the current New England Journal of Medicine gives hope that kindness and caring can exist in our overstressed hospitals and ICU. And, yes, I’d like that pistachio ice cream when my time comes.
Posted in Advocacy, end of life, Ethics, Health
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A Spotlight on Rumors: Illuminating How Influence and Improvisation Shape Online Conversations
Thanks to Mary M. UW Professor Kate Starbird discussed her work in understanding online rumors, misinformation and disinformation. Rumors are an inherent human reaction to crisis events like natural disasters or political upheaval because they help us make sense of … Continue reading
Celebration of Life for Dr. Jane Goodall
Thanks to Mary M. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQOVNJ20un8 – click this link on November 12th at 8 AM to livestream the memorial on YouTube.
Amid ICE raids, Chicago cyclists buy out tamale carts and distribute food to people in need: ‘Go home and be safe’
From GoodGoodGood – thanks to Pam P. Most cyclists bike around their cities as a form of transit or exercise, but members of the Chicago, Illinois collective Cycling x Solidarity take their bike love to a whole new level. As Immigration and … Continue reading
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The Great Gaslight
from Closer to the Edge (thanks to Pam P) You couldn’t script irony this sharp if you tried. On October 31, 2025, as the federal government collapsed under the weight of its own indifference, Donald Trump threw a Great Gatsby-themed … Continue reading
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SNAP benefits stop Nov. 1. This Portland coffee shop is serving free SNAP breakfast ‘until everyone’s benefits are reinstated, or we go broke doing it’
from GoodGoodGood – thanks to Pam P. As the government shutdown enters its 26th day, America’s most vulnerable households are bearing the cost. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 42 million Americans will lose their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program … Continue reading
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ICE, the East Wing, Mental Health and More ….
Commentary by Heather Cox Richardson Julia Ainsley and Didi Martinez of NBC News reported today that Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s rush to get new recruits onto the street has meant they have pushed into their training program more than 200 … Continue reading
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Undaunted
MIT, with several courageous universities to follow, shows it is made of sterner stuffby Jennifer Rubin (thanks to Diana C.) Elite institutions ranging from Columbia University to CBS News to the Paul, Weiss law firm have capitulated to Donald Trump’s … Continue reading
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Columbus Day – commentary by Heather Cox Richardson
On October 9, President Donald J. Trump’s office issued an official proclamation declaring Monday, October 13, “Columbus Day.” The proclamation says that the day is one on which “our Nation honors the legendary Christopher Columbus—the original American hero, a giant … Continue reading
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Nobel Peace Prize committee explain why Donald Trump didn’t win despite him saying ‘he deserved it’
The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize went to María Corina Machado of Venezuela instead Joshua Nair in LADbible (thanks to Bob P.) The Nobel Peace Prize committee has revealed why Donald Trump missed out on this year’s award. Trump has made it … Continue reading
Among Portland Protests, It’s Frogs and Sharks and Bears, Oh My!
By Anna Griffin and Aaron West in the NYT (thanks to Linda T.) Animal costumes are the new black. Exceedingly aware that the black garb worn by demonstrators in 2020 informed President Trump’s apocalyptic view of Portland, Ore., protesters this year have gone … Continue reading
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
By Vimal Patel in the NYT M.I.T. became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump administration’s higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment. The proposal, called the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher … Continue reading
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Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Death Threats
Mark Bray was teaching courses on anti-fascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. He left the country Thursday night. by Sharon Otterman in the NYT A Rutgers University expert on antifa fled the United States … Continue reading
When food banks need bread, 900 home bakers answer the call
By JONEL ALECCIA from AP (thanks to Pam P.) On a recent Saturday near Seattle, Cheryl Ewaldsen pulled three golden loaves of wheat bread out of her kitchen oven. The fragrant, oat-topped bread was destined not for her table, but for … Continue reading
Don’t let your airline rights fly away. Here’s how to protect them
Thanks to MaryLou P. By CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT -Special to The Seattle Times You can almost feel it when you fly these days. It’s that sense that you’re a second-class citizen with limited rights — or none at all. It happened … Continue reading
Jimmy Kimmel is Back (but not in Seattle)
Thanks to Mary Jane F. Even after ABC reinstated Kimmel, Sinclair Broadcast Group (which owns KOMO) has refused to resume airing the show on its stations.
We need more Jon Greens
Thanks to Pearl McE. who notes, “I was disappointed to see that the flag over Harborview was flown at half mast for someone who denigrated so many.”
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Give an Hour for Democracy
Thanks to Cindi W. Dear Friends, Our democracy is in jeopardy. The Constitution is being attacked. No branch of government is standing up for our fundamental rights. We invite you to join us in taking a stand. A group of … Continue reading
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Remembering September 15, 1963
Commentary by Heather Cox Richardson At 10:22 on the morning of Sunday, September 15, 1963, a bomb ripped through the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. It was Youth Day in the historic brick church, and five young girls … Continue reading
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Photos capture Chicagoans’ protest against ICE and Trump’s intervention plans
By CAROLYN KASTER (thanks to Pam P.) CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of protesters marched in Chicago on Saturday against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President Donald Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to the city. ___ This is … Continue reading
Church to demolish existing worship space, creating 110 units of affordable housing
From GoodGoodGood – thanks to Pam P. (Ed note: Is this perhaps a new way to worship?) St. John’s Lutheran Church has sat on a downtown corner of Madison, Wisconsin — just three blocks from the state Capitol — for … Continue reading
ACLU Know Your Rights Training
Thanks to Mary Jane F. Friday, September 5, 2025 8:00 PM ET As we speak, President Trump has deployed thousands of National Guard troops, federal agents, and local police forces to the streets of D.C. to target Black and Brown residents, … Continue reading
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